Alternative Health and Holistic Nutrition
Chewing gum has been around a long time. Gum is historic - people chewed gum long before the Pilgrims. In the Americas, the ancient Mayans chewed chicle, a substance shaved from the sapodilla tree; …
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Dear Dr. Hull: I've been chewing a single pack of Orbit gum every day for about 6 months. I tried to quit once before, and finally went cold turkey. Sounds stupid, but all the chewing was the result …
Have you ever wondered how chewing gum is made? I think it’s interesting, especially when you realize how much it has changed over the decades; a stick of chewing gum has morphed into a purely …
I am often asked if the sugar alcohols are a safer sugarless alternative. I usually answer with “well yes, but not really.” Xylitol is used a lot in sugar-free products (specifically in gum), but …
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I've been chewing Wrigley's Doublemint® gum for years. I didn't realize that in 2003, Wrigley's changed the packaging on their Doublemint gum. Ok. No big deal ..... until I popped a stick in my …
Chewing gum with aspartame is more common than you think, but if you want to avoid sugarless gum, the packaging is not clearly labeled "sugar-free" like it used to be a decade or so ago. Today, …
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